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. >> it is from 96-year-old fred. >> well, she was the prettiest girl i ever saw. she was real timid in life and i fell in love right there. >> as i am reading flu the letter, i began the realize that his wife had just passed away. >> she was a car hop at the a&w root beer stand in east peoria and she brought the trays to the car. that was in about 1938. >> that is 75 years together. so fred wrote a song about the love oflorraine, and these guys at green shoe studios decided to do is to produce the song with professional singers free. ♪ good lorraine, i wish we could live the good times all over again ♪ >> i am barely holding it together over here myself. >> it is touching. it is. eventually the song is done. ♪ oh sweet lorraine ♪ i wish we could do the sweet times over again ♪ ♪ sweet lorraine ♪ life only goes around one ♪ but never again ♪ the good times ♪ the good times ♪ the good times ♪ all over again ♪ the memories always linger ♪ on you sweet lorraine ♪ and that is why i wrote her this song ♪ ♪ the good times ♪ the good ti
. >> it is from 96-year-old fred. >> well, she was the prettiest girl i ever saw. she was real timid in life and i fell in love right there. >> as i am reading flu the letter, i began the realize that his wife had just passed away. >> she was a car hop at the a&w root beer stand in east peoria and she brought the trays to the car. that was in about 1938. >> that is 75 years together. so fred wrote a song about the love oflorraine, and these guys at green shoe...
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oh, my god--fred! i sent one to fred. o.k., what is it? here, take a look at this card, tell me if you notice anything unusual. yeah, your nipple's showing. o.k., thanks. anything else? no. all right, see you later. what? so what? it's a nipple. it's a little brown, circular protuberance. what's the big deal? everybody's got-- look, i got 'em. i got 'em, too. see? everybody's got 'em. it's a piece of cloth that's stuck underneath and... can you pull it up? ugh! you hold it. wait. hold it. damn it, i can't move it. god, i've never seen a zipper so stuck. damn it! i almost had it. wait, then it'll separate. let me try this. you're going to rip it! aah! yaah! i'm afraid we're going to have to stop. o.k. uh, my mother is going to pay for the sessions. oh, is this elaine? yeah. no! no! no! no! oh, no! we started at the beginning. we did our homework. we focus grouped. and we focus grouped the focus groups. then we brought in all the carriers and all the phones, and we decided when you stop loving this, you should be able to trade it in for a gi
oh, my god--fred! i sent one to fred. o.k., what is it? here, take a look at this card, tell me if you notice anything unusual. yeah, your nipple's showing. o.k., thanks. anything else? no. all right, see you later. what? so what? it's a nipple. it's a little brown, circular protuberance. what's the big deal? everybody's got-- look, i got 'em. i got 'em, too. see? everybody's got 'em. it's a piece of cloth that's stuck underneath and... can you pull it up? ugh! you hold it. wait. hold it. damn...
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fred remembers first seeing the love of his life at an a&w root beer stand. she was a car hop. the waitress delivering the food. >> she was just the prettiest girl i ever saw. >> reporter: they were married for 73 years. just this april, he lost lorraine. she was 91. not long after, he began writing a song about her. >> after she passed away, i just was sitting in the front room one evening by myself and it just come right to me almost. >> reporter: with his song written, fred then raepds in the newspaper of a contest, looking for the best song, and the winner would have that song produced. so many sent in videos of themselves singing, but fred just sent his words. >> instead of a video, we received a very large manila envelope. the letter was just so heartwarming and we said, fred, i said, we're going to record your song. >> reporter: when it was done, they invited him to listen to it for the first time. they gave fred the headphones. >> tell me when you're ready. ♪ >> reporter: missing his love, tonight, fred with a song to remember that face he first saw 75 years ago. ♪
fred remembers first seeing the love of his life at an a&w root beer stand. she was a car hop. the waitress delivering the food. >> she was just the prettiest girl i ever saw. >> reporter: they were married for 73 years. just this april, he lost lorraine. she was 91. not long after, he began writing a song about her. >> after she passed away, i just was sitting in the front room one evening by myself and it just come right to me almost. >> reporter: with his song...
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fred thanks very much for that. that's fred weir giving us the point of view from moscow in russia. >>> the united states, uk, france, germany, and turkey have all called for intervention in syria. the most likely could be hitting air bases, weapons arsenals, command and radar or communication centers. and there's also the option of a no-fly zone, stopping chemical attacks and otherwise from the wear. there is the risk of releasing toxic gases if they attacked those areas. the u.s. has an air force base in jordan as well as one in eastern turkey. and they have a number of destroyers in the sea. and they have air force jets and that is all in cyprus. there are also us bases in saudi and quatar. you heard me talking there about a lot of the options that could be the target of this possible missile strike, but what do you think the aim of any strike would be? is the it to punish assad, weaken assad, change the war fair on the ground? what is behind it? >> i think the first message is to russia, that they are not the on
fred thanks very much for that. that's fred weir giving us the point of view from moscow in russia. >>> the united states, uk, france, germany, and turkey have all called for intervention in syria. the most likely could be hitting air bases, weapons arsenals, command and radar or communication centers. and there's also the option of a no-fly zone, stopping chemical attacks and otherwise from the wear. there is the risk of releasing toxic gases if they attacked those areas. the u.s. has...
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i can only imagine the burns she must have suffer fred this. >>> i have another video. this is from the ukraine. also a dash cam. captures a very unexpected moment not only of this driver but the driver of the white van on the front driving on this very rainy day on a very wet road. suddenly -- >> oh! >> did you see that? >> the back wheel of the van got caught in an open manhole, sending it into the air. it almost hits the smaller car that was right next to it. both drivers get out like, what the heck was that? >> it looks like the manhole cover was still on because -- is that what i'm seeing rolling off to the left? that looks like the manhole cover. i betcha that thing somehow got dislodged a little bit. just enough. as the truck ran over it, it almost catapulted the van up in the air. >> i don't think there was anything that driver could have done to avoid that without swerving and causing more damage and causing a crash. >> yep. >> that's nuts. >>> not many creatures would take on a great dane. that's a big dog. >> except this one. >> max is a magreat dane. watch w
i can only imagine the burns she must have suffer fred this. >>> i have another video. this is from the ukraine. also a dash cam. captures a very unexpected moment not only of this driver but the driver of the white van on the front driving on this very rainy day on a very wet road. suddenly -- >> oh! >> did you see that? >> the back wheel of the van got caught in an open manhole, sending it into the air. it almost hits the smaller car that was right next to it. both...
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fred, we appreciate it. of course, we're going to be following reaction throughout the world as well as the country. real potential now of the obama administration military strike inside of syria. brooke baldwin is going to take it from here after a quick it from here after a quick break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> here we go. breaking news on this friday afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn's special coverage of the escalating situation in syria. happening right now, we are learning at least part of what the white house knows when it comes to syria. i'm talking specifically about the release of this. this is the u.s. government assessment of the syrian government's use of chemical weapons. specifically talking about august 21, 2013. this is a declassified, four-page report here. declassified. that is serving as proof that
fred, we appreciate it. of course, we're going to be following reaction throughout the world as well as the country. real potential now of the obama administration military strike inside of syria. brooke baldwin is going to take it from here after a quick it from here after a quick break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> here we go. breaking news on this friday afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn's special coverage of the escalating situation in syria....
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. >> with more international reaction with go to al jazeera fred, who is in moscow, the other supporter of syria. syria is almost a lone voice. saying it's going to be having catastrophic consequences. any indication as to what? >> the russians, of course, said repeatedly this is another intervention in another arab country that would tur lead to unintended consequences and turn into a quagmire. officials saying without legal backing of the an u.n. resolution it will be a slippery slope to chaos. they warn it's a rush to war just like in 2003, the war in iraq. it's the same old hokey weapons of mass destruction charge. they have decided that there is going to be military action, and they're probably putting their heads together tonight and wondering how they can turn this around, especially if it's a brief action. a barrage of cruise missiles, and then the door to diplomacy might be open again, this is what russia has staked all of its credibility on oh egg boo part of the geneva 2 process that would lead to a solution. >> thank you very much for bringing us perspective from russia. >>
. >> with more international reaction with go to al jazeera fred, who is in moscow, the other supporter of syria. syria is almost a lone voice. saying it's going to be having catastrophic consequences. any indication as to what? >> the russians, of course, said repeatedly this is another intervention in another arab country that would tur lead to unintended consequences and turn into a quagmire. officials saying without legal backing of the an u.n. resolution it will be a slippery...
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that's our fred pleitgen reporting from damascus. there are calls for actions in syria that are not just here but echoing around the world in the wake of all those shocking images we just brought you. our own tom foreman is taking a closer look that some of us in the u.s. could have. tom, are these options extensive or limited? >> i guess they're limited. you're absolutely right, jessica, the pressure not just around the world but up here on capitol hill and at the white house is really stepping up in the wake of this video. let's look at the possibilities out here as we bring in a map of syria. first of all, there's a question of going on the offense. could the u.s. flat out go in there with big time military intervention with helicopters and planes and bomb and simply join the time fooit to make this come to a conclusion? that is not likely. we know -- some people would like to see it, many would not. what about the idea of going on the defense? what about taking weapons and saying we're simply going to put some weapons in here and
that's our fred pleitgen reporting from damascus. there are calls for actions in syria that are not just here but echoing around the world in the wake of all those shocking images we just brought you. our own tom foreman is taking a closer look that some of us in the u.s. could have. tom, are these options extensive or limited? >> i guess they're limited. you're absolutely right, jessica, the pressure not just around the world but up here on capitol hill and at the white house is really...
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fred, it's rare for a western reporter to get into syria. you are going to show us this video. tell us where it came from. >> reporter: well, it came from an independent film maker from great britain. they say the person who shot it is independent and quote, trustworthy. you are right, the video is very gruesome. it shows many killed, women and children. one thing we have to say is we need to be careful with this video. it doesn't prove or disprove anything. there was a chemical attack here in the damascus suburbs. take a look. this is said to be the first independent video in the suburbs of damascus. it was obtained by itv news saying they got it from a trustworthy independent film maker. the shots were taken in a town shortly after the incident on wednesday morning. i managed to speak to a woman who didn't want to be recognized. she was relatives there and got there after it was hit by chemical weapons. several relatives were killed. others remain gravely sick. they have very bad pain and their legs cannot carry them. if they want to go to the bathroom, they have to crawl on
fred, it's rare for a western reporter to get into syria. you are going to show us this video. tell us where it came from. >> reporter: well, it came from an independent film maker from great britain. they say the person who shot it is independent and quote, trustworthy. you are right, the video is very gruesome. it shows many killed, women and children. one thing we have to say is we need to be careful with this video. it doesn't prove or disprove anything. there was a chemical attack...
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hi, fred. >> yeah, carol, happened shortly after the u.n. inspectors left the hotel that they are staying at. what they have to do, they go into downtown damascus and government-held areas and then they have to cross the front line into rebel-held territory here on the outskirts of damascus. apparently, when their convoy was in the buffer zone between the government area and government-held area that's when the sniper opened fire on their vehicle and disabling the lead of their convoy. that vehicle had to be brought back. now it appears the weapon inspectors are on the ground. on a side note, carol, both sides agreed that there would be a cease-fire going on as the weapon inspectors are on the ground. i want to show you what's going on behind me because still very heavy artillerary fire going on in the outskirts of damascus. that is the area, some of the area wheres these alleged chemical weapon attacks took place, carol. >> we don't know who is responsible for the sniper fire? >> we are not sure who is responsible for the sniper fire. the g
hi, fred. >> yeah, carol, happened shortly after the u.n. inspectors left the hotel that they are staying at. what they have to do, they go into downtown damascus and government-held areas and then they have to cross the front line into rebel-held territory here on the outskirts of damascus. apparently, when their convoy was in the buffer zone between the government area and government-held area that's when the sniper opened fire on their vehicle and disabling the lead of their convoy....